GRACIE HAYS
GRACIE HAYS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DO-IT-YOURSELF ARTIST. SINCE PURSUING A SONGWRITING & MUSIC BUSINESS DEGREE, AND A MUSIC TECHNOLOGY MINOR AT BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN 2016, SHE HAS BEEN SELF-PRODUCING, WRITING, AND RECORDING HER OWN MUSIC. GRACIE ORIGINALLY PURSUED AUDIO AND MUSIC PRODUCTION TO BE A SELF-SUFFICIENT ARTIST, DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR IT, AND HAS CONTINUED TO PURSUE IT AS PART OF HER MUSICAL CAREER.
RELEASED IN DECEMBER OF 2022, GRACIE HAYS RELEASED HER DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM HINDSIGHT. SHE CO-PRODUCED THIS ALBUM WITH HER FRIEND, COLLIN PASTORE, WHO ALSO ENGINEERED AND MIXED THE RECORD. THIS ALBUM WAS WRITTEN BY GRACIE HAYS, FEATURING CO-WRITERS HADLEY KENNARY (RED WINGED BLACKBIRD & BUILT FOR THIS) AND CHARLES WALKER (STORY OF MY LIFE). ALL INSTRUMENTS WERE PLAYED BY GRACIE HAYS, COLLIN PASTORE, AND JAKE FINCH (BASS & DRUMS).
I THINK I DIED WAS THE FIRST ORIGINAL SINGLE GRACIE HAYS RELEASED AFTER HER MOVE TO NASHVILLE IN 2019. THIS SINGLE WAS RECORDED AT SOUND EMPORIUM STUDIO, AND ENGINEERED AND CO-PRODUCED BY RYAN MELONE
NOT FOR YOU WAS GRACIE’S SECOND EP RELEASED IN 2018. THIS RECORD WAS RECORDED, PRODUCED, MIXED, AND MASTERED BY GRACIE HAYS. ALL INSTRUMENTS ON THE RECORD WERE PLAYED OR PROGRAMMED BY GRACIE. THIS PROJECT WAS A CHALLENGE, HER GRADUATE SCHOOL THESIS PROJECT, AND WAS DESIGNED TO SEE IF SHE COULD TRULY FULFILL EVERY ASPECT OF RECORDING AND PRODUCING A RECORD HERSELF, LIKE SHE SET OUT TO DO FROM THE MOMENT SHE STARTED LEARNING AUDIO PRODUCTION AND RECORDING. SHE SUCCEEDED, AND THE RESULT IS THIS THREE-SONG EP.
GUIDELINES WAS GRACIE’S FIRST COMMERCIALLY RELEASED PROJECT, WHICH CAME OUT IN 2016. THIS EP WAS COMPLETELY SELF-WRITTEN, ENGINEERED AND PRODUCED. HER BAND INCLUDED SOME INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS SHE MET DURING HER TIME AT BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, CURTIS KELLY (DRUMS), GUILLERMO GOLDSCHMIED (BASS), BRANDON BROWN (GUITAR), AND WAS MIXED AND MASTERED BY DAVID WILSON.